1. Marc Then Marks: A New Art Book Boutique

Interview reports on the new pop up shop at Matthew
Marks, where, other than rare art books, Phillipe Starck Santa stools and a Roy
Lichtenstein-designed silk shirt are all from the gallery's archives and yours for the taking.

2. Tan Lun Cheak's Glowbelly Steamboat Lamp

Singaporean designer Tan Lun Cheak of Little Thoughts Group dreamed up
the Glowbelly Steamboat, a lamp that doubles as a hot pot. As showcased
on Dezeen the fixture, based on a Singaporean tradition, houses a pot of boiling water for cooking food.

3. Christopher Jarrett's Handmade Slingshots for Moss

Made from forked wood collected from Epping forest in England and painted one of five colors, this collection of 30 slingshots sells from Moss for $75.

5. Actors Acting

The New York Times Magazine's interactive piece for their Hollywood Issue features fourteen Oscar frontrunners filmed in high drama scenes, all shot in stark black and white. The modern melodrama of each score by the young talent Owen Pallett underscore the Hitchcockian hyperbole. If you only have time for one, Javier Bardem's hits all the right marks.

6. Noun Project

Noun Project is an online archive of vectorized visual iconography and symbols “that can be understood by all cultures and people.” Their collection is extensive, minimal, and free for anyone to take and use.

7. Aedas Designs Receive International Acclaims

Architecture firm Aedas received several awards this year, including one for the nine-story, seeming Storm Trooper-inspired Integrated Civic, Cultural, Retail and Entertainment Hub in Singapore pictured above.

8. Vik & Fougere Bench Rack

A simple solution for urban apartments or collegiate life, Contemporary Standard offers a glimpse of the Bench Rack by Canadian design studio Vik & Fougere, which will debut at the IDS Prototype Exhibit in Toronto Canada in January 2011.